People With Heart Devices Can 'Digest' Advanced Diagnostic Technology Safely Oct 28, 2009
In the study, Lucinda Harris, M.D., Stephanie Hansel, M.D., reviewed the medical records of 84 patients who underwent CE and had implantable cardiac devices -- cardiac pacemakers, defibrillators or left ventricular assist devices -- at Mayo Clinic's campuses in Arizona and Rochester, Minn. The patients' average age was 73, and 69 percent had pacemakers. (Science Daily)
UT Southwestern patient first in North Texas to receive newest-generation heart failure device Oct 27, 2009
Called a left-ventricular assist device (LVAD), its purpose is to help a patient's weakened heart pump blood throughout the body ... UT Southwestern is the only medical facility in North Texas implanting the HeartWare Ventricular Assist System as part of a national clinical trial testing the effectiveness of the device ... The HeartWare Ventricular Assist System is a little smaller than a hockey puck and two and half times smaller than the earliest versions of LVADs. (EurekAlert!)
Danvers' superintendent's assistant recovering Oct 23, 2009
According to Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator is a small battery-powered electrical impulse generator which is implanted in patients who are at risk of sudden cardiac death due to ventricular fibrillation. The device is programmed to detect cardiac arrhythmia and correct it by delivering a jolt of electricity. (Danvers Herald, MA)
Taser advises police not to aim at chest Oct 21, 2009
For years, Taser officials have said in interviews, court cases and government hearings that the stun gun is incapable of inducing ventricular fibrillation, the chaotic heart rhythm characteristic of a heart attack. The guns are used by more than 12,000 police agencies across the country, including every major law-enforcement agency in the Valley. (AZCentral -- News)
Stem Cells Grow Heart Tissue in Lab Oct 17, 2009
"Then we can graft the tissue into the heart where ventricular muscle has died and restore contractibility in that area of the heart," he said. Chien said that other questions would have to be answered before the stem cell technology could be put to medical use -- such as how to create an appropriate blood supply for the grafted heart muscle tissue. (MEDLINEplus)
Harvard team grows heart muscle from mouse stem cells Oct 16, 2009
In the new work, stem cell biologists led by Dr. Kenneth R. Chien, director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Cardiovascular Research, first isolated a progenitor cell that would only give rise to ventricular muscle cells - the working muscle that drives blood around the body, and the tissue that is damaged during a heart attack. Then, collaborating with biomedical engineers, they seeded those cells on a thin film that had been engineered in such a way that it encouraged them to... (Boston Globe)
ChrisBallardOn Sports Misfortune ended her basketball career, but it also saved her life. Oct 16, 2009
After being transferred to UC San Francisco Medical Center, she was diagnosed with Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia, which can cause abnormal electrical rhythms in the heart and is one of the most common causes of sudden cardiac death in young athletes. It's a frightening condition and one doctors rarely see in a live patient; according to Caslin, 80 percent of the time it's discovered, the patient is already dead. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Area Scene: Mines hosting Youth Football Day Oct 12, 2009
Concerned about the possibility of recurrent episodes of ventricular tachycardia, my doctors implanted an ICD the following November. Since his collapse, Jongeling has shared his story in the hopes that others will understand the importance of lifestyle changes and medical procedures and tests that may detect unknown problems. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Rogers stays positive, discusses her condition Oct 11, 2009
According to the Cal medical staff, Rogers' condition, called Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia, has been known to cause sudden death in young adult athletes. Ann Caslin, the women's basketball trainer, cited a grim statistic: "Eighty percent of the time, it's diagnosed post-mortem.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Weird News)
Early Defibrillator After Heart Attack May Not Pay Off Oct 9, 2009
Defibrillators can save lives, he said, if implanted when someone develops a sustained abnormal heartbeat, such as ventricular fibrillation. "If after 48 hours the arrhythmia is sustained, such a patient is a candidate for a defibrillator," Steinbeck said. (MEDLINEplus)
Defibrillator Implantation Early after MI Oct 8, 2009
Of this total, 898 patients were enrolled 5 to 31 days after the event if they met certain clinical criteria: a reduced left ventricular ejection fraction. 40%) and a heart rate of 90 or more beats per minute on the first available electrocardiogram (ECG) (criterion 1: 602 patients), nonsustained ventricular tachycardia. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Mom's Obesity Tied to Baby's Heart Defects Oct 3, 2009
When comparing by different BMI categories, overweight women had a 16 percent increased risk of having children with heart defects -- particularly right ventricular outflow tract defects, pulmonary valve stenosis, septal defects, and secundum atrial septal defects. 1. (ABC News)
Cal's Rogers out of hospital after heart surgery Oct 3, 2009
It was there where doctors discovered her condition -- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia -- and performed the procedure. Her condition could have been fatal had it not been discovered, the school said. (ESPN -- Women's Basketball)
Cal's Rogers out of hospital; career likely over Oct 3, 2009
She was diagnosed with a form of heart disease (arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia) that called for a surgery to implant a defibrillator. This after her father was killed about 11/2 years ago. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Rogers Diagnosed with Heart Condition Oct 2, 2009
According to Dr. Brad Buchman, medical director of University Health Services at Cal and interim head team physician for the Athletic Department, arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD), also called arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), while rare, is one of the most common causes of sudden cardiac death in young adult athletes. It can cause altered muscle function and abnormal electrical rhythms in the wall of the right ventricle that can often produce palpitations,... (Cal Sports -- Rivals.com)
California Freshman Tierra Rogers Diagnosed with Heart Condition Oct 2, 2009
Doctors at UC San Francisco Medical Center found that Rogers has Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia or ARVD, and cardiac specialists at UCSF performed the procedure on Rogers Thursday ... According to Dr. Brad Buchman, medical director of University Health Services at Cal and interim head team physician for the Athletic Department, arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD), also called arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), while rare, is one of the most common... (Pac-10.org)
Heart surgery may end Rogers' career Oct 2, 2009
Rogers was moved to UC San Francisco's hospital early this week and diagnosed with a form of heart disease - arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia. In the surgery Thursday, a defibrillator was implanted to help manage the condition. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Cardiac-Resynchronization Therapy for the Prevention of Heart-Failure Events Oct 1, 2009
Background This trial was designed to determine whether cardiac-resynchronization therapy (CRT) with biventricular pacing would reduce the risk of death or heart-failure events in patients with mild cardiac symptoms, a reduced ejection fraction, and a wide QRS complex ... CRT was associated with a significant reduction in left ventricular volumes and improvement in the ejection fraction. (New England Journal of Medicine)
MADIT-CRT — Breathtaking or Time to Catch Our Breath? Oct 1, 2009
Cardiac-resynchronization therapy (CRT) received Food and Drug Administration approval for use in selected patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction in 2001. Since that time, CRT has been embraced as a recommended approach to achieve meaningful clinical improvement in patients who have heart failure with a reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and who continue to have symptoms despite optimal medical therapy. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Kamrath will run Medtronic Marathon Sep 25, 2009
Before being diagnosed with Left Ventricular Non Compaction (LVNC) life was completely different for me, states Kamrath. I was a college cross-country runner whose daily mission was to get faster then the day before. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
AstraZenecas Brilinta expected to get expedited approval with no major label restrictions Sep 25, 2009
He believed the effects of dyspnea, ventricular pauses and a slight, stable, and reversible increase in creatinine in 2% of patients with poor kidney function, were not of concern to regulators. I do not expect any major labeling restrictions, since the data are clean, unless some major flaw will be picked up by the regulatory authorities, agreed Serebruany. (FT.com -- Markets)
A walk for Supergirl and other heroes Sep 24, 2009
On Aug.6, after six weeks connected to a Ventricular Assist Device, or Berlin Heart, Toole received a donated heart. The surgery was performed at Children s Hospital Boston by a team including hospital Chief of Cardiac Surgery Dr. Pedro del Nido, hospital Cardiologist-in-Chief Dr. James Lock and surgeon Dr. Francis Flynn-Thompson, among others. (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)
Women With Atrial Fibrillation Are At Significantly Higher Risk Of Stroke And Death Compared To Men Sep 24, 2009
13, 2006) Analysis of data from a registry of patients with left ventricular dysfunction indicates that height is an independent risk factor for an arrhythmia of the upper chambers of the heart, according to a. (Apr. (Science Daily)
New genetic link between cardiac arrhythmias and thyroid dysfunction identified Sep 21, 2009
Inherited mutations in KCNQ1 and KCNE2 cause ventricular and atrial cardiac arrhythmias, previously presumed to be due entirely to the role of these proteins in cardiac muscle ... Ventricular arrhythmias account for the large majority of the 300,000 cases of sudden cardiac death annually in the United States. (EurekAlert!)
During CPR, More Chest Compressions Mean More Saved Lives Sep 18, 2009
Patients were studied if they had a ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia cardiac arrest prior to EMS arrival between December 2005 and March 2007. Ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia are abnormal heart rhythms in which the heart s lower chambers contract erratically or extremely rapidly and pump little or no blood. (Science Daily)
Ventricular support device helps heart patient Sep 17, 2009
"Getting off the list because they get better is pretty rare,'' said Dr. Cedric Sheffield, director of the Heart Lung Transplant program at Tampa General Hospital. In the past seven years, 179 patients were put on a ventricular support device like the one that saved Hathcock.Only three came off the device and recovered without getting a donor heart.It's a small number, but one that offers hope to the most critical patients, given the shortage of donor hearts, Sheffield said.Hathcock, who has... (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Pacemaker can't stop Red Lodge High spiker Sep 16, 2009
She spent 59 days in an intensive care unit in Denver with a machine, called a ventricular assist device, working in place of the left side of her heart ... In time, Lauren's heart grew healthier, and, eventually, her medical team decided it was safe to remove the ventricular assist. (Montana Standard, MT)
MRI Simulation Of Blood Flow Helps Plan Child's Delicate Heart Surgery Sep 13, 2009
2, 2009) At the end of July 2009, a team of cardiac surgeons in Germany was the first in the world to implant the HeartAssist 5 ventricular assist device, the modern version of the DeBakey VAD. The device. (June 27, 2005) Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine recently acquired a new high-fidelity simulation device that enables surgeons to practice complex operative tasks before entering the. (Science Daily)
Heart study finds key gene to warm-bloodedness Sep 8, 2009
Finding the genetic factor meant studying the cardiac systems of turtles and lizards, engineering the genes of specially bred mice, and investigating a congenital disorder known as "holes in the heart," or, in medical terms, ventricular septal defect ... His investigation was sparked by a physician colleague who told Bruneau about a cardiac problem in newborn infants he was treating at UCSF. The ventricular septal defect can occur in as many as 5 infants in every 1,000 births ... When Bruneau... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
On hand for a lifesaving award ceremony are, from left, ACEMS board president Bob Mosier, licensed paramedic Michele Brown, patient Charles Guernsey, NREMT Robert Singleterry, 911 communications dispatcher Theresa Benavides, Communications Coordinator Lee Zapata, and HALO-Flight representative Randy Rowe. Photo by NORMA MARTINEZ Sep 4, 2009
Brown recognized ventricular fibrillation (V-Ffib- a severely abnormal heart rhythm) and defibrillated the patient and administered stabilizing medications. Arnold said Brown made critical decisions at the appropriate times to stabilize Guernsey during the trip. (Rockport Pilot, TX)
Gene Links Reptile, Human Heart Evolution Sep 3, 2009
Mutations in the human gene that encodes Tbx5 result in congenital heart disease and, in particular, defects in the ventricular septum, the muscular wall that separates the ventricle into two sections ... During the early stages of heart formation in both reptiles, Tbx5 activity is found throughout the embryonic ventricular chamber. (Science Daily)
Secrets of the 4 chambers revealed by reptile hearts Sep 3, 2009
And a large portion of that is due to VSD, or ventricular septum defects. The condition is frequently correctable with surgery. (EurekAlert!)
Regular Electrocardiograms May Help Physicians Identify Patients At Risk Of Sudden Cardiac Death Sep 2, 2009
2, 2006) Finding out why seemingly healthy people experience ventricular fibrillation, a fatal irregular heart rhythm, could eventually lead to better methods of early detection, according to a Medical. (Nov. (Science Daily)
Cardiac Surgeons Implant World's First New DeBakey Heart Assist Device Sep 2, 2009
2, 2009) At the end of July 2009, a team of cardiac surgeons headed by Professor Dr. Matthias Karck, Director of the Department of Cardiac Surgery at Heidelberg University Hospital, was the first in the world to implant the HeartAssist 5 ventricular assist device, the modern version of the DeBakey VAD. ... (June 4, 2009) Three patients have just been implanted with a next-generation artificial heart pump called the DuraHeart Left-Ventricular Assist ... First used for patients awaiting heart... (Science Daily)
Video: MADIT-CRT Trial Results Provide Clinical Evidence That Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Significantly Slows Heart Failure Progression Sep 1, 2009
Patients treated with CRT-D therapy showed an improvement of 11 percent in Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction(2) after one year, compared to a three percent improvement for ICD patients ... High-risk is defined as QRS width greater than or equal to 130 milliseconds and Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction less than or equal to 30 ... (2) Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF) is a measurement of how well the heart is pumping. (PR Newswire)
Video: RE-LY Trial Met Primary Outcome for Reducing Incidence of Stroke or Systemic Embolism in Non-valvular Atrial Fibrillation Patients Aug 31, 2009
e., previous ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack, or systemic embolism, left ventricular dysfunction, age greater than or equal to 75 years, age greater than or equal to 65 years with either diabetes mellitus, history of coronary artery disease, or hypertension) were enrolled in the study for two years with a minimum follow-up period of one year. (1). (PR Newswire)
Video: Phase III Head to Head Trial Showed Ticagrelor Reduced Cardiovascular Death and Heart Attacks Over Clopidogrel in Acute Coronary Syndromes Patients Aug 30, 2009
Consistent with phase II data, ventricular pauses (slowing of heart rhythms) occurred more often with ticagrelor but without associated symptoms or clinical consequences for the patient. Dyspnoea was reported more frequently by patients on ticagrelor (13. (PR Newswire)
Abnormal Heartbeats Caused By Changes In Ion Channel Density Aug 29, 2009
27, 2006) The results of a new study using mice and heart muscle cells from rabbits have provided a potential molecular explanation for the abnormally rapid heartbeats known as ventricular tachyarrhythmias. (July 17, 2006) Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered a new way to open ion channels, in the membrane of cells. (Science Daily)
Man Dies after L.A. Police Tasering Aug 28, 2009
If that happens it could misfire and throw someone into Ventricular Tachycardia and if sustained, you lose blood pressure and basically have no pulse ... If that happens it could misfire and throw someone into Ventricular Tachycardia and if sustained, you lose blood pressure and basically have no pulse. (CBS News -- US)
ASK DR. H: Guidelines changed for antibiotic usage Aug 27, 2009
Such heart conditions include mitral valve prolapse with orwithout heart murmur, rheumatic heart disease, calcified aortic valve stenosis, congenital heart conditions such as ventricular and atrial septal defects (holes between the right and left chambers) and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (an abnormally thickened heart). These folks have hearts that already are exposed to bacteria from the mouth, which can enter their bloodstream during basic daily activities such as brushing or flossing. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Cattle focus of high-altitude research in NM Aug 24, 2009
CryoPatch SG is indicated for the repair or reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT), which is a surgery commonly performed in children with congenital heart defects, such as Tetralogy of Fallot, Truncus Arteriosus, and Pulmonary Atresia. CryoPatch SG is distributed in three anatomic configurations: pulmonary hemi-artery, pulmonary trunk, and pulmonary branch. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
* Taiwan declines to join Beijing swine flu conference Aug 21, 2009
They were a 45-year-old female patient at National Taiwan University Hospital, a six-year-old boy with acute lymphoid leukemia and a seven-year-old girl with a ventricular septal defect. This story has been viewed 618 times. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
HeartWare International Surpasses 50 Implants in the US Aug 21, 2009
The 50th implant in the US was performed last week at the Texas Heart Institute in Houston, Texas by O.H. Frazier, MD a distinguished surgeon, scientist, and academician renowned for his research and development of new cardiovascular surgical techniques and ventricular assist devices ... HeartWare's ADVANCE Clinical Trial is an FDA approved IDE study designed to evaluate the HeartWare((R))( )Ventricular Assist system as a bridge to heart transplantation for patients with end-stage heart failure... (PR Newswire)
EVEREST Data Demonstrates Acute Reduction of Mitral Regurgitation Without Procedural Mortality in Patients Treated With the MitraClip(R) Therapy Aug 13, 2009
At baseline, patients either presented with symptoms or when without symptoms, they had compromised left ventricular (LV) function, as defined by an ejection fraction less than 60 percent or a systolic ventricular size greater than 40 mm.. Transthoracic echocardiography was performed at baseline, pre-discharge, and at one, six, twelve months, and yearly thereafter up to five years. (PR Newswire)
A Man with Coma after Cardiac Arrest Aug 13, 2009
The initial rhythm was ventricular fibrillation ... Although no structural abnormalities were identified on echocardiography or cardiac catheterization, primary ventricular fibrillation has many causes that are not readily diagnosed,2 and when idiopathic it has a high rate of recurrence. (New England Journal of Medicine)
HeartWare International, Inc. Announces US$55 Million Financing Aug 11, 2009
HeartWare International develops and manufactures miniaturized implantable heart pumps, or Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADs), to treat patients suffering from advanced heart failure. The HeartWare(R) Ventricular Assist System features the HVAD(TM) pump, the only full-output pump designed to be implanted next to the heart, avoiding the abdominal surgery generally required to implant competing devices. (PR Newswire)
ER Physician Tells You How To Avoid A Lightning Strike And What To Do If One Occurs Aug 8, 2009
People who are hit by lightning commonly die from ventricular fibrillation, asystole (cardiac arrest), or respiratory arrest, Zinzuwadia added. Bystanders should immediately check for a pulse and spontaneous breathing. (Science Daily)
Cooling Therapy For Cardiac Arrest Survivors Is As Cost-effective As Accepted Treatments Aug 7, 2009
Since 2003, the American Heart Association has recommended that comatose (unconscious) patients with spontaneous circulation after out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation (VF) cardiac arrest should receive therapeutic hypothermia, Merchant said. Despite repeating this recommendation in the 2005 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care, along with other studies that show its benefits, therapeutic hypothermia hasn t been adopted as... (Science Daily)
Neurologic Prognosis after Cardiac Arrest Aug 6, 2009
On arrival in the emergency room, the patient is in ventricular fibrillation; the partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood is 200 mm Hg, the pH is 7. 25, and the bicarbonate level is 18. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Heart Disease Patients With Previous Blockages More Likely To Die Aug 6, 2009
They were also less likely to undergo surgery to clear their new blockages, had longer hospital stays and received cholesterol-lowering drugs, counseling to stop smoking and angiotensin-coverting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitors for left ventricular dysfunction less often. The results are surprising, said Emmanouil S. Brilakis, M.D., Ph. (Science Daily)
Protective effects of hydroalcoholic extract from rhizomes of Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. on compensated right heart failure in rats Aug 5, 2009
Administration of C. dactylon in monocrotaline-injected rats led to profound improvement in cardiac functions as demonstrated by decreased right ventricular end diastolic pressure (RVEDP) and elevated mean arterial pressure. RVdP/dtmax, and RVdP/dt/P as indices of myocardial contractility were also markedly (p<0. (BioMed Central)
Thoratec Corporation and HeartWare International, Inc. Announce Termination of Proposed Transaction Aug 1, 2009
The company's product lines include the Thoratec(R) VAD (Ventricular Assist Device) and HeartMate LVAS, with more than 13,000 devices implanted in patients suffering from heart failure ... HeartWare International, Inc., develops and manufactures miniaturized implantable heart pumps, or Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADs) to treat patients suffering from advanced heart failure ... The HeartWare(R) Ventricular Assist System features the HVAD(TM) pump, the only full-output pump designed to be... (PR Newswire)
Immune Cells From Spleen May Be Essential In Healing Heart Attack Damage, Mouse Study Indicates Aug 1, 2009
14, 2006) Analysis of data from a registry of patients with left ventricular dysfunction indicates that height is an independent risk factor for an arrhythmia of the upper chambers of the heart, according to a. (July 22, 2009) One approach being developed as a way to improve heart function following heart attack is the injection of heart stem/progenitor cells directly into the heart. (Science Daily)
FTC opposes Thoratec's HeartWare buy Jul 31, 2009
Federal officials allege the transaction would substantially reduce competition in the U.S. market for left ventricular assist devices, a life-sustaining treatment for patients with advanced heart failure. Pleasanton-based Thoratec (Nasdaq: THOR) currently has a monopoly on the commercial sale of the device in the U.S., according to the FTC. HeartWare, an Australian company with U.S. headquarters in Framingham, Mass. (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
Surgical Ventricular Reconstruction Jul 30, 2009
Since this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the and any section headings. To the Editor: Jones et al. (April 23 issue)1 discount the possibility that the selection of patients was a factor in the negative outcome of the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure (STICH) trial (ClinicalTrials. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Well-Placed Defibrillators Could Save Many Lives Jul 29, 2009
Most cases of cardiac arrest occur when the heart goes into ventricular fibrillation, a heart-rhythm disturbance in which the heart begins to quiver chaotically and can no longer pump blood around the body. An electrical shock from a defibrillator can restore the heart's normal rhythm and reverse cardiac arrest. (MEDLINEplus)
Injection Reverses Heart-attack Damage Jul 26, 2009
The NRG1-injected mice also lacked the left-ventricular dilation and cardiac hypertrophy that typify heart failure; both were seen in the controls ... 14, 2006) Analysis of data from a registry of patients with left ventricular dysfunction indicates that height is an independent risk factor for an arrhythmia of the upper chambers of the heart, according to a. (Science Daily)
3-D Scaffold Of Living, Beating Heart Cells May Lead To Viable Strategies Of Transplanting Cells Into Diseased Hearts Jul 24, 2009
In addition to demonstrating the feasibility of using a synthetic mesh as a means to deliver living heart cells into a diseased heart, the group has already shown that the patch improves left ventricular function and blood flow when implanted into damaged heart muscle in a rat model of myocardial infarction. Dr. Goldman believes that the construct developed in his lab provides a better vehicle to introduce cells into damaged heart muscle than conventional cell transplantation techniques, in... (Science Daily)
Artificial heart maker joins MicroMed board Jul 24, 2009
The board was created to provide scientific support and guidance related to the Houston medical device maker s HeartAssist 5 ventricular assist device, The Modern DeBakey VAD.. The HeartAssist 5 pump weighs only 92 grams and measures just 2. (Houston Business Journal, TX)
Report spurs British Columbia to limit Tasers Jul 24, 2009
He said the evidence shows that risk of ventricular fibrillation, a chaotic heart rhythm characteristic of a heart attack, increases in people with heart disease, high blood pressure and thin people with unusually thin chest-skin-to-heart distance. He also said discharges of the Taser into someone's upper torso can "impair the subject's ability to breath.". (AZCentral -- News)
First A(H1N1) related death in Malaysia Jul 23, 2009
The student, from the International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance in Kuala Lumpur, died from cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation, Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said on Thursday. The deceased suffered from an obesity problem and had an enlarged heart and liver, he added. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Quick thinking saves grandpa Jul 18, 2009
An electrocardiogram (ECG) test showed he had ventricular fibrillation, which means that the heart was merely quivering, which is a fatal type of heart rhythm, Dr Foong added. Consultant anaesthesiologist Dr Muham-mad Ridzwan Mogarajah, the first to attend to Yeoh that morning, said they had to shock Yeohs heart for eight times. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Atrial Fibrillation Linked To Increased Hospitalization In Heart Failure Patients Jul 16, 2009
7, 2004) A four-week study conducted on animals revealed that regulating ventricular rates and heart structure in models with irregular heart rhythms can inhibit chronic heart failure. (June 19, 2008) The results of a major international clinical trial have just been reported in the New England Journal of Medicine. (Science Daily)
Not just your dad's disease Jul 15, 2009
Known as left ventricular hypertrophy, or LVH, the condition can lead to heart failure, rhythm abnormalities and death. Of 139 hypertension patients ages 3 to 21 in the Hopkins study, 60 percent of the black subjects developed LVH, compared with 37 percent for those of other races. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
The 'piggy-back heart' that helped save a little girl's life Jul 14, 2009
He said experts were working to perfect a mechanical heart, called a ventricular assist device, that can be used in children temporarily to take over the work of a weak heart while it recovers. A similar device already exists for adults with heart failure awaiting a donor transplant. (BBC News -- UK)
